the ocelot is known to be the dwarf leapord because the ocelot looks exactly like a leapord but smaller. the ocelot is a preditore a wild cat looking for a fight. the ocelot is not a very popular animal there habitats are in south america and mexico. there fur represants the leopard and jaguar part of them they were once regarded as particularly valuable but thousands of them where killed for there fur. the ocelot is mostly nocturnal and can be very territorial the ocelot will fight fiercely some times to the death. the ocelot marks its territory with urine. the ocelot usually spends the day up high in a tree some times it will share it with other ocelots the same sex and diffrent sex. the males territory is 3.5 square kilometers and the femals is 1.4 square kilometers the males make there territory bigger because if a female comes they will have a bigger and better territory for the two of them to have more room and the females dont expect the males to come in there territory so they make theres a size to fit only one ocelot. the ocelot hunts for fish, crabs, birds, lizzards, turtals and frogs mostly all small animals.
The Ocelot
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the ocelot is known to be the dwarf leapord because the ocelot looks exactly like a leapord but smaller. the ocelot is a preditore a wild cat looking for a fight. the ocelot is not a very popular animal there habitats are in south america and mexico. there fur represants the leopard and jaguar part of them they were once regarded as particularly valuable but thousands of them where killed for there fur. the ocelot is mostly nocturnal and can be very territorial the ocelot will fight fiercely some times to the death. the ocelot marks its territory with urine. the ocelot usually spends the day up high in a tree some times it will share it with other ocelots the same sex and diffrent sex. the males territory is 3.5 square kilometers and the femals is 1.4 square kilometers the males make there territory bigger because if a female comes they will have a bigger and better territory for the two of them to have more room and the females dont expect the males to come in there territory so they make theres a size to fit only one ocelot. the ocelot hunts for fish, crabs, birds, lizzards, turtals and frogs mostly all small animals.